Signed in the summer of 2013 from Leeds, Ford made 17 appearances in his first season as a Sharks player, the majority as a replacement. Oldham-born, he hails from a rugby family, with father Mike a former Great Britain international rugby league player and ex-England defence coach in union, and younger brother George already an established Premiership player. Able to play at full-back but primarily a fly-half, Ford spent the 2010-11 season with Northampton before returning to Leeds, where he had won the Yorkshire Cup in 2009.